The two Chinese characters “Gezhi” in the name of “Gezhi Salon” are taken from the Great Learning, a Confucian classic in the early history of China (the Qin and Han Dynasty), which means “extension of knowledge lies in the investigation of things. Things being investigated, knowledge became complete.” In the Modern Chinese Dictionary, “Gezhi” is interpreted as investigating the principles and rules of things to acquire knowledge. Named after Gezhi, the Salon aims to become an innovative platform empowering the new generation research leaders through cross-discipline, cross-university, cross-campus, cross-generation (4C) collaboration with thoughtful fundamental ideas and disruptive technology development.
It will be an attracting dreamworld for creative and original exploration.
It will be an enabling platform for research and innovation.
It will be an advanced hub for entrepreneurship and translation.
Gezhi Salon conducts regular academic seminars every two months in the semesters. In the way of brainstorming, it serves as a platform for pooling scientific research strength of different subject backgrounds, different ages, and from different regions so as to form a strong scientific research team. Through cooperation, we can work together to overcome the challenges of scientific research and realize the dream of future optics.